Last but not least, he must obtain all possible information from them.

This may mean one day's hard work, and the trying of his patience with many apparently futile questions which are made to get at the Indian's real meaning.

Thus it may be understood how one is completely at the mercy of one's lenguaraz, and how important it is for the success of an expedition to find the right man.

There is nothing else to do but to try and try again, one after another.
The Indians near Guachochic seemed all to be depressed, poor, and hungry.

Most of their animals had died from lack of food, and the few that had not succumbed to starvation had to be sold in exchange for corn.